# Magritte Award for Best Screenplay

The Magritte Award for Best Screenplay (French: Magritte du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.
The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jaco Van Dormael receiving the award for his work in Mr. Nobody. As of the 2022 ceremony, Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni are the most recent winners in this category for their work in Madly in Life.

## Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Screenwriter(s) |
| 2010 (1st) | Mr. Nobody | Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael |
| 2010 (1st) | The Barons | Les Barons | Nabil Ben Yadir and Laurent Brandenbourger with Sébastien Fernandez |
| 2010 (1st) | Illegal | Illégal | Olivier Masset-Depasse |
| 2010 (1st) | Private Lessons | Élève libre | Joachim Lafosse and François Pirot |
| 2011 (2nd) | Bullhead | Rundskop | Michael R. Roskam |
| 2011 (2nd) | The Giants | Les Géants | Bouli Lanners and Elise Ancion |
| 2011 (2nd) | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 2011 (2nd) | Romantics Anonymous | Les Émotifs anonymes | Philippe Blasband |
| 2012 (3rd) | One Night | 38 témoins | Lucas Belvaux |
| 2012 (3rd) | Dead Man Talking | Dead Man Talking | Patrick Ridremont |
| 2012 (3rd) | Mobile Home | Mobile Home | François Pirot |
| 2012 (3rd) | Our Children | À perdre la raison | Joachim Lafosse |
| 2013 (4th) | Tango libre | Tango libre | Philippe Blasband and Anne Paulicevich |
| 2013 (4th) | Kid | Kid | Fien Troch |
| 2013 (4th) | The Fifth Season | La Cinquième Saison | Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth |
| 2013 (4th) | Vijay and I | Vijay and I | Philippe Blasband and Sam Garbarski |
| 2014 (5th) | Not My Type | Pas son genre | Lucas Belvaux |
| 2014 (5th) | Henri | Henri | Yolande Moreau |
| 2014 (5th) | The Marchers | La Marche | Nabil Ben Yadir |
| 2014 (5th) | Two Days, One Night | Deux jours, une nuit | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 2015 (6th) | The Brand New Testament | Le Tout Nouveau Testament | Jaco Van Dormael and Thomas Gunzig |
| 2015 (6th) | Alleluia | Alleluia | Fabrice Du Welz and Vincent Tavier |
| 2015 (6th) | I'm Dead But I Have Friends | Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis | Guillaume Malandrin and Stéphane Malandrin |
| 2015 (6th) | Prejudice | Préjudice | Antoine Cuypers and Antoine Wauters |
| 2016 (7th) | Death by Death | Je me tue à le dire | Xavier Seron |
| 2016 (7th) | After Love | L'Économie du couple | Joachim Lafosse |
| 2016 (7th) | The First, the Last | Les Premiers, les Derniers | Bouli Lanners |
| 2016 (7th) | Keeper | Keeper | Guillaume Senez and David Lambert |
| 2017 (8th) | Insyriated | Insyriated | Philippe Van Leeuw |
| 2017 (8th) | King of the Belgians | King of the Belgians | Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth |
| 2017 (8th) | This Is Our Land | Chez nous | Lucas Belvaux |
| 2017 (8th) | A Wedding | Noces | Stephan Streker |
| 2018 (9th) | Girl | Girl | Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens |
| 2018 (9th) | Bitter Flowers | Bitter Flowers | Olivier Meys and Maarten Loix |
| 2018 (9th) | Bye Bye Germany | Es war einmal in Deutschland... | Sam Garbarski |
| 2018 (9th) | Our Struggles | Nos batailles | Guillaume Senez |
| 2019 (10th) | Mothers' Instinct | Duelles | Olivier Masset-Depasse |
| 2019 (10th) | Lola | Lola vers la mer | Laurent Micheli |
| 2019 (10th) | Our Mothers | Nuestras madres | César Díaz |
| 2019 (10th) | Young Ahmed | Le Jeune Ahmed | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Screenwriter(s) |
| 2020/21 (11th) | Madly in Life | Une vie démente | Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni |
| 2020/21 (11th) | Playground | Un monde | Laura Wandel |
| 2020/21 (11th) | The Restless | Les Intranquilles | Joachim Lafosse |
| 2020/21 (11th) | Working Girls | Filles de joie | Anne Paulicevich |